The director of a high-security laboratory in China’s Wuhan city – the epicentre of the highly contagious Covid-19 disease that has now spread to 185 countries – on Saturday denied claims that it was the source of the outbreak, AFP reported. Several conspiracy theories are circling about the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s P4 laboratory, which is equipped to handle dangerous viruses. The United States, which has repeatedly accused China of concealing the origin and seriousness of the coronavirus from the world, is investigating whether the pandemic actually originated in the institute.

Covid-19: Director of high-security lab in Wuhan denies link to coronavirus